Early Human Migration Migration and the Ice Age

Early Human Migration

Migration and the Ice Age When the climate began to change, people began to migrate – or move to new places Climate change was caused by Ice Ages – times when the world experienced freezing weather The ocean levels dropped Land bridges – land connecting two separated continents - began to form Early Humans migration brought people to every continent

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Early Humans Needed to Adapt As people moved to new places, they were faced with new environments. People needed to adapt – learn and make changes in order to survive – in their Clothing Shelter Tools Technologies

Clothing Adaptations Fire helped people stay warm, but people needed more than fire. Humans learned to sew animal skins together to make early forms of clothing.

Shelter Adaptations Nomads – humans who wander and do not have a permanent home – started by taking shelter in caves, then began to build shelters made of hides, bones, leaves and dirt to live in temporarily This pit house is made of mammoth bones! Homo Sapiens began to live in these types of homes 12, 000 years ago Some humans who settled lived in permanent homes made of wood, stone, clay and other materials

Tool Adaptations The Mesolithic Era – or the Middle Stone Age – saw people developing great tools for hunting » Bone and stone tools » Hooks and fishing spears » Bows and Arrows

Technology Adaptations Technology – applying knowledge to practical uses, and the tools created with that knowledge – adapted as people learned new things and faced new challenges – To travel on water ways, people built canoes from hollowed logs – To hold foods and supplies, people made pottery – For safety while hunting and protection from predators, people kept pets

Summary As people migrated around the world they learned to adapt to new environments People moved out of Africa as climates changed People adapted to new environments by making new clothing, shelters, tools and technology